Improvement in portable water-closets



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JOSEPH GILBERT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENSYLVANIA.

Letters .Patent N 98,950, dated January 18, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN PORTABLE WATER-CLOSETS.

The Schedule referred t'o in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame.

Be it known that I, JOSEPH GILBERT, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulPortable Water-Closet; and I do declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawing, making part of this, my specification, in which-Figure 1 represents an external view of the fecal receptacle 'Figure 2,a vertical central section of the portable water-closer, showing itsinternal construction andarrangement; and i Figure 3, a view o f theunder side of the chambered cover,when presented vertically.

A represents the box or casing; i

B represents its` cover, hinged or otherwise;

C represents the seat, with an aperture in thecentre;

D represents' the chamber-ed cover of the fecal receptacle, with anapertui'e in the centre;

E represents the handle of the fecal receptacle;

E represents the receiver, forming part of the fecal receptacle l Grepresents the concave under surface of the cover of the fecalreceptacle;

H represents the orifice or veut for the admission of the eiiiuvia, fromthe receptacle into the chamber of the cover;

I represents the flange between the upper and lower plates of thechamber-ed cover, and4 t K represent-s the part of the upper plateI ofthe chambered cover, which extends beyond the flange and rests upon theupper edge of the fecal receptacle.

The fecal receptacle consists of a vessel of suitable size for thepurposes intended, to be used in connection with a seat of suchconstruction as to be easy and convenient,

0n -the under side of the seat may be interposed an elastic substance,so as to rest upon the upper edge of the receiver, in such a manner thatpressure applied to the seat, will force'or compress this elasticsubstance upon the edge of the receiver, with which it is'in contact,andthus, by making it air-tight, prevent the escape of any eluvia.

The chambered cover of the receptacle, which prevents eluvia and-leakagefrom the receiver, is formedv of two circular plates, the upper one ofwhich is somewhat larger than the diameter of the upper part of thereceiver, and extends beyond the flange which connects these two plates,as well as beyond the edge of the receiver, when applied to the same.

The lower one of these plates is smaller in diameter than the receiverat the top, and extends to the lower edge of the flange, which connectsthese two plates, and fits tightly against the inner circumference ofthe upper part ofthe receiver, so as to prevent the escape of theleiilnvia therefrom. The flange may be of such width as to give sulhcientcapacity tothe chamber' in the cover, so as to adapt it to a receiver ofany size desirable. These plates may be made plane or convex ou theupper side. The latter is the more desirable y form, especially for theunder plate, because it is adapted to prevent the escape from thechamber of any liquid, which may be deposited there by condensation orotherwise, when the cover is quicklyjmoved or held obliquely.

In the centre of the lower plate is a circular orifice or vent, ofsuitable size to admit the efluvia of the receiver into the chamber ofthe cover.

Both the receiver and cover of the fecal receptacle may be made ofmetal, glass, porcelain, earthenware, or any other suitable material.Any nou-absorbent materialis, of course, the most cleanly.

The handle ofthe fecal receptacle may be of any of the simple 4ordinaryforms, and that of the cover may consist ofa boss, a ring, a bandacrossa concave depression in the' centre of the upper plate, or anyother convenient form.

To prevent or rectify any foul condition of the chamber, it may besupplied with a small quantity of pnlv` vel-ized copperas,animal-charcoal, chloride of lime, or any other deodorizer ordisinfecter, and the receiver and its contents may be purified in thesame way.

Whenever requisite or desirable, the fecal receptacle-may be connectedwitha chimney or other conduit, by means of a flue or other appropriatedevice attached to the fecal receptacle, and passing through the case orbox. i

The box or case Vmay be made of any form, upholstered, and trimmed inany style aud manner that taste or fancy may suggest, and thus become anornamental article of furniture, free from the repulsive features andassociations incident to similar contrivances heretofore used.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. As a new article of manufacture, a fecal receptacle, made of anysuitable material, and having a cover with a circular depression, withcross-bar for a handle, in the central portion of its upper side,constructed as and for the purposes substantially as set forth.

2. 'lhe combination of the` fecal receptacle with a suitable box or caseand seat, substantially as set forth.

JOSEPH GILBERT.

Witnesses: i

F. E. FEL'roN, WM. P. HIBBERD.

